13 Assassins is a great samurai film about a group of assassins who get together to take out the brutal and homicidal son of the former shogun.  The film is directed by Takashi Miike who brought us the two horror masterpieces Ichi the Killer and Audition.  It also stars Koji Yakusho (Babel, Memoirs of a Geisha) and the ultra-cool Takayuki Yamada (Gantz). 

A samurai film might on the surface appear to be outside of Miike’s area of expertise, however, he proves himself to be very adept at pulling off something of this magnitude. While the samurai genre differs …

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I was severely disappointed with The Rocketeer when it first came out in 1991.  The previews looked great but when I watched it on the big screen, it was flat.  There was no excitement to the story and I expected more cool scenes from it.  I figured I would give it another chance since I liked Captain America (same director, Joe Johnston), 20 years later…damn I’m old. For the most part, I still feel the same way about the movie.

Set in the 1930’s where aviation is taking off, The Rocketeer is about a down on his luck pilot that accidentally …

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What if Butch Cassidy was still alive? Well, he’d be a rancher in Bolivia. At least, this is how the story unfolds in Blackthorn. Actual DNA tests showed that the burial where they thought Butch Cassidy was buried isn’t of Butch Cassidys’. Where and what happened to Butch Cassidy if he isn’t in his grave?

THE MOVIE ITSELF
Butch Cassidy is now a rancher in Bolivia, some 20 years later after his supposed death. He is surrounded by quiet and emptiness within the beautiful countryside of Bolivia. All he has to worry is his Bolivian girlfriend, and all his horses. But, …

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Hail Caesar!

I’m not talking about the Roman Emperor, I’m talking about the bright eyed ape that led a revolt in San Francisco in convincing fashion.

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is hands down the best movie of the year.  While James Franco takes the lead credit role, it will be Andy Serkis performance as Caesar that made the film an emotional and exciting ride.  We don’t see Serkis actual face because he was motion captured but the facial expression on the revolutionary ape is so life like and convincing that you root for the primates instead of the  …

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Dr. Who is a sci-fi, fantasy set in the present/past/future.  Characters from different eras are all co-mingling with each other in time periods other than their own. There’s also aliens and scary monsters.  What the show lacks in special effects, it makes up for in audacity. The storylines are unconventional and while hauntingly familiar at times, still completely like nothing you’ve probably ever seen before.

This season brings back up and coming it girl Karen Gillan in her portrayal of the eleventh doctor’s sidekick Amy Pond. She’s sensitive, caring, loyal, driven and pretty tough yet feminine at the same time. Dr. …

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In behalf of Nerd Society & BBC, we want to thank all of the participants for the Dr. Who Season 6 Blu-ray/DVD contest.  The four winners have been contacted and they are:

Erma H
Claire
Erica C.
The Bad Movie Guy

Dr. Who Season 6 is available now on Blu-ray & DVD.

We always have contests so make sure to keeping check back.…

“Remember the good ol’ days?” Don’t you just love that expression? Well, not if you were black in the sixties, or anytime before that. ‘The Help’ is a story about the struggling black maids in the sixties, the Civil Rights Movement is just around the corner, and even though on the surface, everyone acts like everything is happy and good, deep inside, there is a sense that things are about to change.

THE STORY

Amongst others, the film focuses on Skeeter (Emma Stone), she is a spunky young girl with a lot of taste for common sense. She was raised by …

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My latest unboxing is for my favorite movie of 2011, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes!  The package has a cool design and it has a lot of cool extras.  Expect a review of the blu-ray early next week!

The Blu-ray/DVD will be released this Tuesday, Dec 13th.…

I’m willing to give any movie a chance as long as it’s not a black & white indie bore, so even though Conan got a bad rep, I gave it a shot.  The trailers made it look watchable but the critics and the box office said otherwise (22% rottentomatoes, $48 million worldwide take on $90 million budget).  I hate to say it but the critics were right.  This movie is dull and lifeless.  Jason Momoa is actually good as Conan.  He’s charismatic and athletic, just like in the comic books.  Conan hunts down the villain, Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang, also the …

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NERD Society and Warner Brothers are offering 4 NERD Society fans a chance to win a copy of Dr. Who on Blu-Ray and DVD.  We’re giving the following box sets away:

Blu-Ray Dr. Who complete 6th season – 1 copy

DVD Dr. Who complete 6th series – 1 copy

Blu-Ray Dr. Who season 6 part 2- 1 copy

DVD Dr. Who season 6 part 2 – 1 copy

To enter the contest

1) “Like” us on Facebook.

2) Comment below with your top 3 favorite sci-fi tv shows. 

3)  4 winners will be randomly chosen.

4)  Contest ends on Saturday, …

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